How to type €, #, … and © on a Mac

 Alt-2 - Euro sign (€)

 Alt-3 - Hash sign (#) (Sometimes called the 'pound' sign)
 Alt-: - ellipsis (…)
 Alt-G – copyright ©

You can also use Alt/Option to do the following:

 Control-Alt-Command-Power Button - Quit all apps

 Alt-Shift-Command-Q - Log out of your user account on
your Mac
 Alt-Delete - delete the word to the left of the curser
 Alt–Left Arrow - move the curser to the beginning of the
previous word, add Shift to this to highlight the text
 Alt–Right Arrow - move the curser to the end of the next
word, add Shift to this to highlight the text
 If you are selecting large sections of text, you can do so
by moving the curser to the end of the section you wish
to select and pressing Alt-Shift-Up Arrow until all the text
is selected. (This only works in some apps).
 Similarly, Alt-Shift-Down Arrow lets you highlight the text
below the curser
 Alt-Command-F will open the Find and Replace feature if
your application has it
 Alt-Command-T will show or hide the toolbar
 Alt-Command-C is the key combo to use if you wish to
copy a style, or copy the formatting settings to the
clipboard
 And Alt-Command-V will paste those formatting settings
onto the text you wish to change
 Alt-Shift-Command-V will paste and match style - so
that the text you paste in has the same style as the text
around it, rather than the style bought over from the place
you copied it from
 Alt-Command-D will show or hide the Dock at the bottom
of your screen
 In the Finder, Alt-Command-L is a handy shortcut to open
the Downloads folder
 Also in the Finder, pressing Alt-Command-P will show the
path so you can see the precise location of what you are
looking at
 Alt-Command-S will show or hide the Sidebar in the
Finder
 Alt-Command-N will start a new Smart Folder in the
Finder
 If you select a few files in the Finder, you can press Alt-
Command-Y to see a full-screen slideshow of those files
 A shortcut to the Display preferences is to press Alt-
Brightness Up (or Brightness Down, aka F1 or F2)
 While you can open Mission Control preferences by
pressing Alt-Mission Control (F3)
 To duplicate/copy an item in the Finder or on your
Desktop, press Alt while dragging it.
 To create an Alias (a shortcut to a file) you press Alt and
Command together while dragging the file from the
location in the
 Finder to another location, an arrow sign will appear
indicating that this is a link to the file rather than a copy of
it